Morbidity Profile of Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya - A Cross Sectional Study (P11-015-19). (13th June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kiboi, Willy; Kimiywe, Judith; Chege, Peter
• Is Part Of: Current developments in nutrition. Volume 3(2019)Supplement 1
• Publication Date: 2019-06-13
• Subjects: Nutrition -- Periodicals; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Nutrition; Periodicals; Periodicals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; 612.3
• DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzz048.P11-015-19
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2475-2991

Abstract

Abstract: Objectives: To determine the health morbidity profile of pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Nanyuki Teaching and Referral hospital, Kenya. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among pregnant women where data on maternal morbidity profile was collected. A total of 254 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic were recruited. Results: More than half (57.5%) of the women recruited in this study reported to be unwell in the immediate two weeks preceding the day of the interviews. The common diseases/disorders reported were heartburn (42.9%), anemia (16.9%) anorexia (15.4%), vomiting (14.2%) and constipation (11.4%) with most of them having a duration of more than 7 days. Other morbidities such as fever, abdominal pain, upper respiratory infection, diarhoea and headache were also reported. Further, out of all those who reported being sick, only 40.4% who sought medical attention. Conclusions: Morbidity among the pregnant women was notably high. Public health awareness campaigns among pregnant women on prevention, early identification and timely treatment of diseases/disorders during pregnancy should be up-scaled. Funding Sources: None.